The Quinn Hanna Gray Kidnapping

This story is different than the others within this blog because it does not involve murder but after just watching a story about it and reading up on the Internet (like I do very often) I am just floored by this story and the stupidity involved.

Millionaire Reid Gray came home on the Friday before Labor Day in 2009, from work to find a note, written his his wife, Quinn's  handwriting indicating she had been kidnapped.  Over the next several days there were phone calls, from her saying that the kidnappers demanded $50,000.  She stated that they had indicated that this was in connection to a debt he owed a loan shark.  Reid was confused because he said he was never involved with a loan shark and even he found the ransom amount to be odd considering he made over a million dollars a year.  At one point Reid is informed that the kidnappers are aggravated with him and instead of dealing with him they began dealing with Quinn's mother. There was a bit of a "scavenger hunt" in order to get the money to the drop off point and there were notes to the next place written in Quinn's handwriting.

After several days suddenly Quinn shows up, saying she had been simply dropped off out of a van.  She called police, crying, saying she did not know where she was.  In her initial questioning by the police she seemed hostile, especially towards her husband, stating that she was convinced that he wanted her dead.  She returned the next day and explains that she did not believe that there were three men involved, as her initial note indicated but only one and she only knew that his name was Jasmin.  She stated she had been tied up; she had tape put on her mouth.  She had bruises and scrapes on her arms to indicate injuries.  At one point she tells the police that the kidnapper had gone to a grocery store.  She knew, when, where, and what he got.  Through surveillance video the police were able to make a search for the man that Quinn identified.  A few days later Jasmin called the police department and went in to be interviewed.  He heard the information that Quinn had told the police, and informed them that he was in possession of an audio tape that they should hear.

According to Jasmin, he had met Quinn a few months prior at a gas station and they had started an affair.  Police were never able to confirm if this statement was true.  However, the audiotape that he turned over to police confirmed the suspicions that police had had all along.  Quinn was not kidnapped.  It was all a hoax.  Apparently Jasmin made the tape to made sure if she tried to trap him alone he would have the proof otherwise.  Within the tape it was determined that after the supposed "kidnapping" she had stayed in a hotel... with Jasmin coming and going, but with her alone much of the time; she revealed that she had made the marks on her body herself so that when she did come out of hiding she would have a story.  There was even a portion where the two of them were having obvious consensual sex to which Quinn had previously told the police she was raped by her "kidnapper."  

Both Jasmin and Quinn were promptly arrested on the charge of extortion.  

Reid Gray initially stood by his wife, believing that she had been kidnapped and that it was Jasmin who was extorting him.  After listening to the evidence the police stated they had (without yet listening to the audio tape) he  set up to have a private lie detector test for Quinn. Whether he did this because he was already having doubts or this was his attempt to prove her innocence, after she failed the test and he decided to listen to the audio tape, he changed his tune.  

In the end Jasmin pled guilty to extortion and eventually Quinn pled no contest.  She still maintains her innocence, still claiming she was kidnapped but that she had taken the plea for her family's sake.  They both received several years of probation.


Reid had been very honest with officers from the first day of the supposed kidnapping that he and Quinn had marriage problems that resulted to them both being unfaithful and divorce had been discussed.  In April of 2010 Reid filed for divorce and asked for primary custody of their two children.  He also asked that his financial support through her legal issues should be considered in any settlement.  Both Reid and Quinn's mother claimed that she was bi-polar but doctors and investigators had no evidence of this.

This is simply one of those cases in which the stupidity involved is just astounding.  Instead of extorting $50,000 from her husband all she had to do was divorce him and she would have gotten a lot more money, likely received primary custody of her children (hence getting child support also), and not had to serve probation.  It just amazes me how stupid some people can be!!!

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  1. Quinn Hanna is a lying tramp, who duped her mother and ex-husband. She should have been made to make FULL restitution for the time & resources wasted by law enforcement. She should only have limited, supervised visits with her kids...terrible, terrible influence & role model she is. Her mother is SNOWED, by her foolery! I hope she wasn't granted a dime from her divorce either!

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    1. both the perps was required to pay the over $80k in police manpower over the course of the 'kidnapping'

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    2. However, she still receives 10,000 a month in alimony!

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  2. She should have had to spend time in jail, if not prison for her false police report, and wasting police resources. Not to mention what she put her husband and mother through. $50,000 ransom....and her husband makes over $1,000,000 per year....that should have been the first red flag.

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  3. Law enforcement should look at the fact of what if jasmin didn't make that tape. He would be locked up for several years unjustly and she wily be considered a victim. The report said they share custody of the children. That is a crying shame. She would have fooled everyone if not for the tape.

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    1. I agree completely. He was doing this to get her the money. He wasn't gaining anything. She manipulated him.. Thank god he recorded everything.

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  4. And to think they remarried.

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    1. They didn't remarry. He married someone else.

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    2. To who? Why? Hope he got a prenup signed.

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  5. So Reid Gray has remarried? I hope he had his new wife sign a pre-nup!

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  6. What?! Remarried???!!! I can't believe he would ever trust another woman again!!!!

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  7. She's innocent. Read the full transcript of her and the kidnapper in which he refers to "releasing" her and threatens her to not [expletive] up if she wants to see her girls again. View the video of the police interrogation in which she states she went along with sex and pretended it was consensual in order to save her life. Apparently her instincts were right because she lived. There was no evidence of her ever having any contact with her kidnapper before that night. Obviously she could have gotten her hands on $50,000 much more easily than by faking her kidnapping. She could have walked into a bank and withdrawn it. She could have made much more by filing for divorce. The cops and the FBI screwed up, and they were all too ready to blame the victim. So many people are duped by the media coverage of this crime.

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    1. Who's this, her Mom? They were joking when they talked about "releasing" her. Did you hear the rest of the tape? She might be loony, but she still faked her own kidnapping, so she's guilty! Guess you think OKI is innocent too.

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    2. I would post as Anonymous if I was such a moron too! You obviously only skimmed over what you read or are brain damaged because she is clearly guilty of a cover up scheme to hide her affair and got caught. And like someone above said, good for him for recording it because he surely would have been sent away for a long time otherwise.

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    3. Hey sis you write the same comment everywhere on the net. Get over it already. Your sister Quinn or whatever her real first name is has serious issues. You would do more good helping her address them than writing comments you know are false. Facing the truth is first sign of healing.

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    4. I think it's probably not her sister or mother, its her. Poor thing, probably still trying to convince herself that the lie is/was real.

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    5. Hey Anonymous there's a REASON you remain with no name maybe you're the "victim" of the FAKE Kidnapping named Quinn? You need to go to the nearest Psych Ward you are INSANE plus the only moron is YOU dope! What drugs are you on? You are really a POS, Quinn CHEATED then tried to FAKE her own kidnapping if not for the Sex Tape then maybe her husband would stand by her plus the police too! Did you ever consider IF Quinn withdrew $50,000 then her wealthy husband would then divorce her so it was EASIER to FAKE the kidnapping? Her husband is a Millionaire while Quinn gave us her nursing career so he wore the pants in the family controlled the family finances. Listen to the words above = "Facing the TRUTH is the FIRST sign of Healing but you can't Heal because you LIE! Quinn needs to be sent to prison so she got away with just probation? Pay for the entire police investigation what an IDIOT to get MAD at her husband for not finding the drop-off point. You hear no FEAR no inking she's AFRAID it's as if she's just calling her husband to tell him she'll be late. A real victim would be emotional very hysterical but this CHEATING SLUT no housewife by any means found a younger stud then tried to STEAL her husband's $$ for her younger lover! I am PLEASED the husband finally listened as hard as it was to the Sex Tapes they don't lie like you do! Get a grip! Ask for a room with padding on the walls no sharp instruments & tons of meds. for being a Bi-Polar Bear!

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    6. You're delusional listen to the tape. She fakes the marks on her wrist and admitted it. She had consensual sex and she was left alone multiple times including overnight and she didnt leave.

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  8. She's so guilty. I read the whole transcript. Heard them having sex, her talking about the marks she put on herself, asking if she could stay with him. Calling him her safety net. Laughing at the police investigation. Her telling him he could "just put a bullet in Reid's head!"... Let alone having multiple times to back out while she was alone. He's even recorded telling her he's doing this so she gets the money. Not him. I'm glad he recorded it all. She's a piece of work and I can't believe some other guy married her.

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    1. Was the full audiotape ever leaked out for the public to hear?

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  9. Some guy who obviously loves crazy women married Quinna Hanna Gray in May 2013. His name is Darren Conrad from Jacksonville FL. He probably is regretting it already. He works for a mattress company. I know....I thought the same.

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  10. I just became aware of this, saw the 2-part dateline and read through what I could find. There is one thing that's missing, motive. The wife seems both very intelligent and cunning; yet any version of the event is irrational and beyond my comprehension. I don't know who planned this and believe only 2-3 people know the entire truth. If she planned it, I can't fathom the children didn't remove themselves from her and she got way less of a sentence than she deserved. If she only had guilt after that Friday, the other defendant got off too easy. Proof beyond a reasonable doubt is a major burden in most criminal trials. What charge could be proven to a jury? In conclusion, if I were tasked with deciding her fate would be hard pressed to convict anything more than she was convicted of. The reasonable doubt includes the believable theory that she acted irrationally and is somewhat psychologically impaired.

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    1. You don't know many women who suffer from emotional/mental instabilities do you? Her motive was tied to her emotions. She wanted to be free of her husband without losing a dime of his money. She was angry. She wanted him arrested. She thought that by making him look guilty of having her kidnapped, or "wanting her dead", they would arrest him. She didn't think it through very well however. Probably because she spent too much time getting drunk. She was emotional, angry and felt betrayed by her husband. He also took out a new life insurance policy on her right before the "kidnapping". How convenient.

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    2. Her issue is evil not mental illness. She knew exactly what she was doing and heard laughing about it on tape. Nothing wrong with her m
      entally other than being evil.

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  11. What she put her mother through, if her had had aa heart attack becuse of her BS THEN WHAT. Crying wolf has a way of kicking you in the ass later.

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  12. why is it that no one has thought about motive? The very first thing she does after being "found" is try to point the finger at her husband. I think the reason the amount of the ransom doesn't make sense is because it wasn't about the money ... it was a plan to frame her husband so that he would go to jail and she would get everything, including full custody of the children.

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  13. This us her facebook. Enjoy. Feel free to lwt her know how you feel, I certainly have! https://m.facebook.com/qhanna?tsid=0.9576896484941244&fref=search

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  14. She has her Facebook locked where no one can post. Looks like crime works well for her! She's living the good life and playing with her girls. She should be in jail!!!

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  15. I don't know who is worse, her or the woman from Gone Girl. She cheated on her husband and was willing to send an innocent man to prison. She will have to answer to God one day. Cheating on your spouse is a horrible thing, but to send an innocent man to prison you gotta be evil. He will also have to answer to God for sleeping with a married woman.

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    1. Umm, Gone Girl is not a real story, it's fiction, not fact.

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  16. Clear example of socioeconomic/race/gender privilege.

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  17. OJ Simpson was a clear example of socioeconomic/race/ privilege.

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